Lamp-burner.



Patented Det. 9, |900. F. T. WILLIAMS.

LAMP BURNER.

(Application led July 1B, 1900.)

(Nn Model.)

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INVENTOR 17a/0&7. W/Y

ATTORNEY WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK THEODORE VILLIAMS, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE EDWARD MILLER 95 COMPANY, OF CONNECTICUT.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 659,333, dated October 9, 1900. Application filed .Tnly 18, 1900. Serial No. 23.991. (No model.)

T M w/wm if may concern: 5 the wick to protect the top of the wick from Beitknown that I, FRANK THEODORE WIL- the flame and at the same time act as an ex- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing tinguisher when the wickis lowered, as shown at Meriden, Connecticut, have invented cerin Fig. 2. This extinguisher is preferably 55 tain newand useful Improvements in Lampformed by an outwardly-extending flange Burners, of which the followngisafull, clear, from the top of the cylindrical wall 6. and exact description. In Figs. 1 and 2, 9 isaso-called spreader,7

Myinvention relates to lamp-burners; and which is slipped down inside of the cylinmy object is to improve the construction of drical wall 6 and may rest on an inturned 6o lo the same. One of my principal objects is to flange lO. In Fig. 4Ihave shown the spreader provide a central-draft burner in which the and Wall made in one piece, the portion 9? wick burns on its outer circumference and is constituting the spreader and the part 9" the substantially protected at its top with a gaswall.

generating space within the inner circumfer- As shown in Fig. 4, the extinguisher 8 may 65 ence of the Wick and at its upper portion to be either attached to the wall 9b, so that the supply the gas so generated to the flame. wall, spreader, and extinguisher move up In the drawings, Figure l shows the preand down at the same time, or the wall and ferred embodiment of my invention in censpreader he fixed, and the extinguisher tral vertical section, the spreaderbeing shown may alone move. 7o

zo in side elevation and the parts being in their. In Fig. 3 the extinguisher is formed by a raised position. Fig. 2 shows the same parts flange at the top of the cylindrical wall 6. in the lowered position, the spreader being 18 is a rod lixed inside of the inner wick-tube shown in section and partly broken away; and and carrying a preferably removable stop 14 Figs. 3 and 4 show modifications in the raised to limit the upward movement of the spreader 75 position. and therefore of the' extinguisher.

In the above preferred embodiments of my When the parts are in the raised position, invention l represents the fount of a lamp (shown in Figs. 1,3,and4,) the spacer7forrns, having an outer wick-tube 2 and an inner wit-h the wall 6, a gas-space 1l at the inside wick-tube 3, between which may move a of the upper portion of the wick, in which 8o 3o Wick 4. space gas will be generated. One of these 5 is a wick-rod or other device for raising parts, the extinguisher or Wall 6, or bot-h, as and lowering the wick. Such awick-raising in Figs. l and 2, may be perforated for the device is well known in the art and is thereescape of the gas from the space 1l to the infore not herein particularly shown or dener side of the flame. I prefer not to have 85 scribed. Within the inner wick-tube is lothe perforations in the extinguisher extend cated a wall 6, preferably cylindrical, as over the top 0f the wick, because if they did shown. I prefer to allow this wall tofreely the top of the wick would become charred, move up and down within the inner Wlckand the charred particles would soon clog up tube; but this construction is not in all cases these perforations. In the present embodi- 9o 4o essential, as will be explained hereinafter. ment I have shown the perforations as en- In Figs. l, 2, and 3 I have shown this wall tirely within the inner circumference of the as in the form of a cylinder, which is freely wick, and this is the preferred construction; movable in a vertical direction. but I do not desire to limit myself to'this 7 is a spacer between the inner wick-tube feature. 95

and the wall 6 for holding the wall slightly I prefer to have the gas-space ll substanaway from the inner wick-tube. In Figs. l, tially air-tight-that is, substantially closed 2, and 4 this spacer is formed by an inturned to the entrance ot the air-supplypassing up flange at the top of the inner wick-tube; but through the inner tube-but this is not essenin Fig. 3 it is formed by a flange on the movl tial in all cases. When the parts are in the roo able wall. position shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4, the flame 8 is a ring of thin metal resting on top of will burn at the outside of the wick, and the heated metal parts, ,together with the heat of the dame, will generate gas iin Ythe gas-space 1l. This gas will pass up through the perforations 12 and mingle with the gas generated from the outside of the wick, thus previding an additional supply for the flame. In this way I have provided a burner which will give a brilliant and steady flame. struction is cheap, and the burner may be easily taken apart for cleaning and reassembled by any unskilled person.

I am aware that many changes may be made in the construction herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of my in vention, and therefore I do not desire to be limited to the particular embodiments herein shown and described.

That I claim isl. In a lamp-burner in combination, an inner and an outer wick-tube, an extinguisher adapted to rest on top of a wick andbe moved up above said outer tube, a wall smaller than and located inside of said inner tube, a spacer to hold lsaid wall away from said wick and form, with said wall, a gasspace at the inside of said wick, one of said parts being perforated to allow the escape of gas from said space to the dame.

2. In a lamp-burner in combination, an inner and an outer Wick-tube, an extinguisher adapted to rest ou top of a wick and be moved u p above said outer tube, a cylindrical wall smaller than and located inside of said inner tube, a spacer below said extinguisher and between said Wall and inner tube to form, with said wall, a gas-space at the inside of said wick, said extinguisher being perforated to allow the escape of gas from said space `to the flame.

3. In a lamp-burner in combination, an in- The cenj ner and an outer wick-tube, an extinguisher adapted to rest'on top ofa wickand be moved up above said outer tube, a cylindrical wall smaller than and located inside of said inner tnbe,said wall being fixed to said extinguisher and movable therewith, a spacci' below said extinguisher and between said wall and inner tube to form, with said wall, a gas-space at the inside of said wick, one of said parts being perforated to allow the escape of gas from f said space to the ilame.

4. In a lamp-burner in combination, an outer and an inner wick-tube, a cylindrical mail smaller than and vertically movable within said inner tube, a spacer between said inner tube and wall, an extinguisher-flange on said wall and extending out over and resting on said wick and .adapted to be raised above said outertubeand provided with perforations extending within the inner wicktube.

5. In a lamp-burner in combination, an outer wick-tube, an inner wick-tube having an inwardly-turned ange at the top, a cylindrical wal-l smaller than and vertically movaole within said inner tube and flange, an extinguisher-flange on said cup and extending out over and restingr on said wick and adapted to be raised above said ou ter tube and provided with perforations within the inner wicktube, and a spreader adapted to rest within said cup and provided with perforations above said extinguisher-flange.

Signed at Meriden, Connecticut, this 16th day of July, 1900.

FRANK THEODO RE WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

I. B. MILLER, N. E. SMITH. 

